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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
Dennis Berndt
Michael Berndt
Michael Goater
Richard Moskop
William Bruce Nelson
Morgan Tamsky
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
MINNESOTA
NEWS
SUMMER 2009
VOLUME LXIII NO. 2
http://www.gsmn.org
Contents
New Members Page 1
Mn Geological Survey Page 1
Harmony Karst Interpretive Site Page 2
Upcoming Field Trips Page 2
Memoriam Page 4
Giant Trilobites Page 5
State Fair Dates Page 6
Minnesota Geological Survey
Information Systems
The Minnesota Geological Survey is conducting a
systematic enhancement of web-accessible
information systems, including an up-to-date
database of every publication released since 1872;
searchable page scans of every publication released
since 1872, total 40,000 pages; web accessible rasters
of every map released since 1872, total 600 maps;
enhancements of curation and cataloging of
collections and databases such as heavily-used
drillhole databases; major enhancements of state
magnetic, gravity, and rock property databases;
compilation of a state geochemical database; multi-
layered new state geologic map; compilation of web-
optimized detailed geologic mapping layers;
enhancement of quantitative specification of material
properties of groundwater systems, such as
hydrogeologic properties; and, most importantly,
acceleration and enhancement of the core MGS
program, multi-layered County Geologic Atlases.
An up-to-date database of every publication
released since 1872: Databases of MGS publications
previously maintained in multiple and varying
formats are being consolidated as a comprehensive
master, and plans call for enhanced arrangements for
submission of updates to USGS, Georef, and
elsewhere.
Continued on Page 3

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
Dennis Berndt
Michael Berndt
Michael Goater
Richard Moskop
William Bruce Nelson
Morgan Tamsky
GEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
MINNESOTA
NEWS
SUMMER 2009
VOLUME LXIII NO. 2
http://www.gsmn.org
Contents
New Members Page 1
Mn Geological Survey Page 1
Harmony Karst Interpretive Site Page 2
Upcoming Field Trips Page 2
Memoriam Page 4
Giant Trilobites Page 5
State Fair Dates Page 6
Minnesota Geological Survey
Information Systems
The Minnesota Geological Survey is conducting a
systematic enhancement of web-accessible
information systems, including an up-to-date
database of every publication released since 1872;
searchable page scans of every publication released
since 1872, total 40,000 pages; web accessible rasters
of every map released since 1872, total 600 maps;
enhancements of curation and cataloging of
collections and databases such as heavily-used
drillhole databases; major enhancements of state
magnetic, gravity, and rock property databases;
compilation of a state geochemical database; multi-
layered new state geologic map; compilation of web-
optimized detailed geologic mapping layers;
enhancement of quantitative specification of material
properties of groundwater systems, such as
hydrogeologic properties; and, most importantly,
acceleration and enhancement of the core MGS
program, multi-layered County Geologic Atlases.
An up-to-date database of every publication
released since 1872: Databases of MGS publications
previously maintained in multiple and varying
formats are being consolidated as a comprehensive
master, and plans call for enhanced arrangements for
submission of updates to USGS, Georef, and
elsewhere.
Continued on Page 3